Get Used To This Face
The Australian Bureau of Statistics released its national accounts data today, which show that the…More
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Stimulus Package Makes Xenophon Thirsty
Against forecasts, last Friday the 13th turned out to be Kevin Rudd’s lucky day, when…More
What Was Malcolm Turnbull Thinking?
It must have been an extraordinary series of frontbench and party-room meetings that led to…More
Good Old-Fashioned Handouts…
The next installment in Australian neo-Keynesianism is in: $42 billion in Commonwealth spending to "kick-start"…More
Can We Call It A Recession Now?
Kevin Rudd returned to full-time Prime Ministerial duties yesterday, although with rather less fanfare than…More
Hey Big Spender
The federal budget almost certainly moved into deficit this week — and nobody cared. As…More
Good Times on the Way?
Share traders are having second thoughts about the Fannie and Freddie party. Wall Street initially…More
We're Already at Code Red
The Interim Report of Professor Ross Garnaut’s Climate Change Review is better than expected but…More
Blame Martin Place
This week’ s September quarter CPI outcome cements the case for a further increase in…More
Art in a market economy
When Donald Horne declared in a speech delivered at a Sydney seminar on arts management…More